ticking

The "ticking " of the clock was the only sound that greeted him , for not a soul remained.

（单纯词）迎接他的只有“嘀嘀嗒嗒”的钟声，因为再也没有一个人留下了（重叠式词组）。

Look, I know I'm just a sophomore, but I can feel the clock ticking away, and I don't want to leave high school with nothing to show for it.

我知道，我只是个高二的学生。但我感觉时间在一分一秒流逝，我不想整个高中碌碌无为。

A manager of a shop was ticking off one of his staffs . "l saw you were arguing with a customer . "

一个商店的经理正在给他的一个员工训话，“我刚才看见你正在和一个顾客争吵。”

Ms McCrumb does not mind waitressing for a bit as she decides what to do with her life, but the clock is ticking.

麦克拉姆并不介意当一段时间的服务员，这期间她可以决定自己想要什么样的生活，但是时间十分紧迫。

But he did not dare open his mouth, just sat there stiffly, listening to the unhurried ticking of the wall clock.

可是他没有敢开口。他一直那么规矩地坐着不动，听着挂钟沉缓的响声。

It would be like trying to make the hands of clock move backwards to its ticking.

这无异是想使时钟的指针向后倒转。

But once I'd composed myself I flirted with him a bit and got away with a ticking-off.

我一镇静下来就开始和他调情，他没有办法，责备了我几句就让我走了。

With the clock ticking and my oversized Russian fisherman looking ready to explode, he grabbed my hand.

时间一秒一秒的过去，大个子的俄罗斯渔民似乎要爆发了，他抓住了我的手。

And yet it is not as though everyone is walking around like a ticking hand grenade.

不过不是如同每个人都手上拽了一个即将引爆的手雷。

Mr. Kerry said that he thought Mr. Assad would not survive as Syria's leader much longer. "The time is ticking, " he said.

克里称，当时他认为阿萨德已经在叙利亚总统的位子上坐不了多久了。他说，“时间不等人。”

If it did, the clock would not be ticking down to a congressionally mandated default even as the economy stalls.

如果有，美国不就会在经济陷入停滞之际一步一步走向国会授权的违约。

Countdowns are an integral part of the theatre, even though the clock seems to spend as much time stopped as it does ticking towards zero.

倒计时是电影院不可或缺的一部分，即使时钟要花费同指针滴答滴答趋向零相同的时间就会停止。

To be sure, most economic data around the world are still improving. Ironically, numbers are even ticking up in Portugal and Spain.

的确，全球多数经济数据仍在不断好转，就连葡萄牙和西班牙的数据也是步步高。

HAVING grown up to the ticking of a countdown clock, many Hong Kongers have been worrying most of their lives.

随着回归倒计时长大的香港人，生活一直都是他们最为担心的事情。

"I think I saw a can of cleanser by the sink in the coat room, " I said as I raced to find it. Precious minutes were ticking away.

“我想我在更衣室的水槽边看到过一罐清洁剂，”我一边说一边跑过去找到了这罐清洁剂。珍贵的时间一分一分地溜走。

We've got to stop 'em, they're gonna kill us all! -They're using our own satellites against us. The clock is ticking.

我们必须阻止他们，否则他们会杀光我们的！-他们现在正在使用我们的卫星来对付我们。时间非常紧迫呀。

How it leisurely past, how bland unknown, perhaps, only occasionally to hear a few fuzzy fault acoustic ticking.

它如何悠闲地过往，又该如何平淡未知，或许，模糊得只偶尔错听几声滴答滴答。

The clock is ticking down on Christmas, and I'm guessing there are a few readers out there like me who still have some shopping to do.

圣诞的钟声即将敲响，我猜，此刻一定有些读者像我一样仍需要逛街买礼物。

The BBC economics editor Stephanie Flanders said the clock was now ticking.

BBC经济学编辑斯蒂芬妮·弗兰德斯说，现在已经开始计时了。

I tried to follow its soft ticking and to count the nine hundred seconds between one stroke and the next, but I kept losing track.

我试图跟随那轻柔的滴答声，在一次钟鸣声和下次的钟鸣声之间数出九百秒，但我总是数不清。